Texas Children's Health Plan's new children and women center at 9700 Bissonnet in the Southwest Corporate Center will include pediatricians, nurse practitioners, gynecologists, optometry, imaging, speech therapy, a laboratory and pharmacy.

The 65,000-square-foot clinic is the HMO's second. The first facility opened in August 2013 in the Greenspoint area.

"Our goal is to ensure that Texas Children's Health Plan members receive the same level of care as those with commercial health insurance," said Tangula Taylor, the centers' director of operations, in a written statement. "We are very proud of what we have accomplished in the year that the Greenspoint location has been open."

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The Center for Children and Women – Greenspoint recorded more than 27,000 appointments and 260 births and conducted several community education classes focusing on breastfeeding, car seat safety and parenting. The centers offer extended hours to accommodate HMO members. Members also have access to other services such as behavioral health, social workers, care coordinators and nutritionists.

The HMO has more than 300,000 members.

The new 18,000-square-foot UT Physicians Bayshore Multi-Specialty Clinic in southeast Houston will include cardiology, endocrinology, oncology and orthopedics. The new clinic at 11476 Space Center is across from UT Physicians Bayshore Family Medicine Clinic. The two clinics will work together to meet patients' primary and specialty care needs.

"We want to offer our patients the convenience of their UT Physicians neighborhood location to meet their outpatient health needs," said Dr. Thomas Murphy, medical director of both Bayshore offices, in a written statement. "We are consistently evaluating our patients' health conditions in order to best serve them."

UT Physicians Bayshore Multi-Specialty is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. A Memorial Hermann lab is on site to perform work for the Bayshore multi-specialty and family practice clinics.

UT Physicians is the clinical practice of UTHealth Medical School. It has health centers throughout the Houston area, including Bellaire, Katy and Missouri City includes more than 900 doctors certified in 80 medical specialties.